Bono talked to The Sports Virus about Jeremy Kerley:

“…He just gets manhandled. He goes to reach for the ball and he gets out-bodied by the defender also going for the ball, just a bigger person. He’s pretty good, but there are those instances where he is not a big body and gets controlled.”

As we previewed this Sunday’s game at Levi’s Stadium against the Patriots, Bono talked about Tom Brady:

“…He can make an average receiver look good. He can make a good receiver look great. He’s a special one, that’s for sure, and he’ll be slinging it all over the place.”

Bono also talked to The Sports Virus about Brady’s role in Deflategate:

“…If he would have just said, ‘my guys take care of me, people have been messing with the balls for a hundred years and this is how I like ’em so my guys take care of me,’ it would have been done. Nothing else would have happened…It was known around the league that he had been doing it. But, everybody messes with (the balls).”

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Today we have a special on-site podcast with 49ers starting safety Eric Reid at The Brixton Restaurant in San Francisco. We discuss the Niners loss in Arizona, the upcoming game against the Patriots and Eric’s decision to kneel with Colin Kaepernick during the national anthem throughout the season.

Reid is in his 4th season in the NFL after being drafted in the first round of the 2013 draft by San Francisco out of LSU. He was elected to play in the 2014 Pro Bowl.

Reid talked to The Sports Virus about the Niners defensive woes this season:

“…It’s been on us as players not executing the calls which has led to the big plays and the yards. It has nothing to do with the scheme. I personally love the scheme. We just have breakdowns every now and then which leads to those big plays. I think we showed on Sunday that if we execute the play that’s called then we can minimize the big plays and we put ourselves in a better position to win games.”

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